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Natural enemies of books / edited by Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark, Sara Kaaman.

Contributor(s): Publisher: [London] : Occasional Papers, [2020]Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780995473034
  • 099547303X
Other title:
  • On cover : Natural enemies of books : a messy history of women in printing and typography
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Natural Enemies of Books' is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication 'Bookmaking on the Distaff Side', which brought together contributions by women printers, illustrators, authors, printers, typographers and typesetters, highlighting the print industry's inequalities and proposing a takeover of the history of the book. Edited by feminist graphic design collective MMS, (Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark and Sara Kaaman), 'Natural Enemies of Books' includes newly commissioned essays and poems by Kathleen Walkup, Ida Börjel, Jess Baines, Ulla Wikander and conversations with former typesetters Inger Humlesjö, Ingegärd Waaranperä, Gail Cartmail and Megan Downey, as well as reprints of the original book and other publications.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Cream 686.209 FAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12124

Natural Enemies of Books' is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication 'Bookmaking on the Distaff Side', which brought together contributions by women printers, illustrators, authors, printers, typographers and typesetters, highlighting the print industry's inequalities and proposing a takeover of the history of the book. Edited by feminist graphic design collective MMS, (Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark and Sara Kaaman), 'Natural Enemies of Books' includes newly commissioned essays and poems by Kathleen Walkup, Ida Börjel, Jess Baines, Ulla Wikander and conversations with former typesetters Inger Humlesjö, Ingegärd Waaranperä, Gail Cartmail and Megan Downey, as well as reprints of the original book and other publications.